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 ==History==
 ===Early History===
-Kerelians were a young thriving race that lived on a great continent known as Merindora. The culture had advanced to a "Bronze Age" when approximately 8000 years ago archaeological cosmologist suspect a stellar core fragment passed the planet causing massive tectonic shifts.  Meridora was split into the continents of Actya and Abaran. The devastating seismic activity and tidal flooding nearly caused the extinction of the estimated 50 million Kerelians.
+During the planetary "Bronze Age," cosmologists theorize that a stellar core fragment passed close enough to the planet to cause massive tectonic shifts. As a result, it is believed that what was once a singular land mass, inhabited by a thriving culture, was broken into the two continents that exist today. This period, known as the Tes'Aedra, or New Beginning, saw Kerelian society branch with survivors settling on each of the two continents.
-After 300 years the continents slowed their movements and the race started to thrive again. Kerelian mythology, customs, and religious beliefs on both continents were formed during this period known as Tes'Aedra, or the New Beginning. The race, now divided on two continents, developed similarly in language, physiological development, and the arts and sciences.  Anthropologists have noted that there are psychological differences due to the extremes that each set of survivors were faced with.
+Actya
+=====
-The 3 million survivors on Actya formed tribes and fought amongst themselves for the limited resources.  The fighting eventually stopped after a few hundred years and soon after the tribes formed a peaceful nation state.  The stories of the tribal wars are reflected in their literature and music.  Actyans were adventurous and soon went to sea discovering 3 of the 4 major islands, Clessa, Adatlina, and Edela.
+Three million survivors on Actya formed into tribes. Initially, the tribes fought amongst themselves for limited resources. Over time, as availability of food and other necessities increased, the wars ended and the tribes were able to form a single, nation state. As the nation state prospered, a period of exploration saw new settlements established on three of the four major islands, Clessa, Adatlkina, and Edela.
-Abaran, with an estimated 500,000 survivors, had ample resources to feed their people. The Abarans never new war and concentrated on the arts.  Even by today’s standards the Abadans were a head of their time understanding the concepts of music and math and how they were intertwined. Eventually the Abarans went to sea and discovered the island of Tanis. It was soon disovered that the valleys and caves on the island had exceptional acoustic properties. A colony was settled there is now home to The Kerelian Institute of Music, the premier music school in the galaxy.
-Approximately 1500 years later the Kerelians were brought together when explorers from Actya happened upon Tanis.  This is known as the Age of Enlightenment. The two cultures easily merged into one and soon a single planetary government was formed. Both Actyans and Abarans knew there were differences in temperament between the two and felt it was a great benefit to have such a diverse culture.  Kerelia has never known bigotry or class warfare. Working together the Kerelians advanced at a remarkably fast pace.  There advancement from a pre-industrial state to intra-solar system exploration took 150 years.
+Modern understanding about Actyan society from this period stems from literature and music which was preserved, originally by word of mouth, from the start of the Tes'Aeda and passed down from generation to generation.
+Abara
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+The 500,000 survivors on Abaran had ample resources and settled almost immediately into a peaceful, agrarian society that placed a strong emphasis on the arts. Even by modern standards, the Abarans were highly advanced in their understanding of the relationship between mathematical and musical concepts.
+A brief period of exploration led to the discovery of the uninhabited island of Tanis. Valleys and caves on the island proved to have unique acoustical properties and a colony was quickly established that is now home to the Kerelian Institute of Music, one of the most prestigious music schools in Federation space.
+Reunification
+=============
+years later, at the end of the Tes'Aedra period, an exploratory team from Actya happened upon the colony on the island of Tanis. This unexpected contact led to a series of historic meetings in which representatives of both societies discovered common belief systems and ancestry. Scientists on both continents formulated the theory, through examination of archeological evidence, that at one time, Kerelians had been one people.
+Neither society had ever known bigotry or class warfare and while there were temperamental differences between the two groups, there were by far more similarities than differences. Ultimately the decision was made to unify under one planetary government. The Age of Enlightenment, as it is now known, saw the newly merged society make rapid advancements and moved from a pre-industrial state to intra-solar system exploration in a period of only about 150 years.
+Space Faring Age
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+By 1905, Kerelians had launched their first satellite. Exploration of their own system followed within a few years. By the year 2003, the Kerelians had become warp-capable and were embarked on exploration outside of their own system. Encounters with other warp-capable species introduced the Kerelians to the greater galactic community but also led to an attack on their home world by a species known on Kerelia as the Ornis.
+After the attack, the Ornis demanded unconditional surrender. The Kerelians fought back and within one year, the Ornis retreated never to be heard from again. To this day, neither the reason for the attack nor the reason for their abrupt departure is known.
+The war had been brutal and led to a decision by the Kerelians to dismantle their warp-capable ships and retain only those ships that could provide for planetary defense and intra solar system commerce.
+Contact with the Federation
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+In 2270, 138 years after the war with the Ornis, the first Federation ship made contact. Diplomatic and trade relations developed between Kerelia and several member planets. When the Federation offered membership, Kerelia politely declined though agreement was reached on other matters and Kerelia became a favored port of call for Starfleet vessels on shore leave.
+About this time, a small, religious faction opposed to interaction with any other species, broke away and established their own colony at the southern pole, Ecosa.
+By 2293, the Federation had started peace negotiations with the Klingon Empire and were maintaining a tense truce with the Romulan Empire. As a result of mounting fear that Kerelia could be open to a second attack by an alien species, Kerelia requested Federation membership and was admitted as a full member in 2297.
+Kerelians, mostly from Actya, joined Starfleet; the first Kerelian to graduate from Starfleet Academy was Lieutenant Commander Nella Daren in 2352.
+In 2371, a Marine training camp was established east of Actya Bay near the city of Afina. In their request for a base on Kerelia, the Marines cited the variety of training environments available -- deep oceans, low pressure atmosphere, and extremely rugged, high-altitude terrain in the mountains.
+Over time, Kerelia also became a resupply point for Starfleet vessels and today, hosts permanent embassies for most of the Federation member worlds.
+>> questions/comments: Some of the facts presented for the Bronze Age don't seem realistic. How could anyone know how many people lived in that time period? And if there was a way to know, then that should be presented here. For that reason, I haven't included numbers like 50 million in the "Bronze Age", 3 million on one continent, etc.
 ===Space Faring Age===